Yes it's my own D***N fault
First part of this was posted Sunday on the "What Did You Do to Your Class A MH Today" Forum. Not really asking for help. Sympathy maybe. Just really a comment. Perhaps someone will learn something...
Forum Discussion
Had the rig out for a few days last week, batteries performed well though they were hardly strained on shore power.
Wednesday, set the Xantrex to 15.0 volts @ 5% C for bulk and absorption since I couldn't get the Equalise function to work. Currant began to taper hours later.
Turned off charger function (Solar had already been disconnected)
Yesterday, voltage was at 12.6 Volts. Of the four cells I could reach, SG was
Battery 1:
1.285 (or so)
1.275
1.275
Battery 2
1.275
Bought charger with manual and automatic settings. Opening the box I found that it will only do a manual charge on the 6 Volt setting. Good enough for the GCs. Good for 15 Amps so I'll do two in Parallel.
Today: Batteries still showing 12.6V
On the agenda for later today, remove all the batteries from the rig, test and record SG and voltage for each battery
Put the manual charger on a pair at 15A, pull up a deck chair and read while watching the ammeter. I hope this charger will produce the 8 volts I'm looking for.
More later.
Wednesday, set the Xantrex to 15.0 volts @ 5% C for bulk and absorption since I couldn't get the Equalise function to work. Currant began to taper hours later.
Turned off charger function (Solar had already been disconnected)
Yesterday, voltage was at 12.6 Volts. Of the four cells I could reach, SG was
Battery 1:
1.285 (or so)
1.275
1.275
Battery 2
1.275
Bought charger with manual and automatic settings. Opening the box I found that it will only do a manual charge on the 6 Volt setting. Good enough for the GCs. Good for 15 Amps so I'll do two in Parallel.
Today: Batteries still showing 12.6V
On the agenda for later today, remove all the batteries from the rig, test and record SG and voltage for each battery
Put the manual charger on a pair at 15A, pull up a deck chair and read while watching the ammeter. I hope this charger will produce the 8 volts I'm looking for.
More later.
